Cardiac effects of cupping: Myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure in the rat heart

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shekarforoush, Shahnaz ^a   Foadoddini, Mohsen ^b   Noroozzadeh, Ali ^a   Akbarinia, Hassan ^a   Khoshbaten, Ali ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardioprotection; Cupping; Nonischemic stimuli

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPPING; DRY CUPPING; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WET CUPPING; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; RATS;

EID: 84864428755     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2012.BAA042     Document Type: Article

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